Excel & VBA
Sam Natour
PMO Analytics Manager & Business Owner
Knoxville,TN
Summary
Global-experienced & versatile business professional with strategic and tactical data analytics, supply chain, process improvement, logistics, operations finance, and business ownership expertise – offers proven record of accomplishment driving productivity and cost reduction savings via cross-functional engagement and leadership in both manufacturing and office environments. Supplemental training and certifications include Lean Coaching, CSCP, and Six Sigma Green Belt. Favorite Business & Life Tool: K.I.S.S. (Keep it Simple Stupid)
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
MANAGING PRINCIPAL
Pour Taproom Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
01.2017 - Current
- Pour Taproom is Knoxville's first and only self-serve taproom with 68 digitally controlled taps allowing patrons to only pay by the ounce
- Majority Co-Owner, and labored every weekend on-site for 4 years alongside always-terrific team while maintaining full-time career
- Prepared internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements on a monthly basis.
- Data analytics responsible for margin improvements, active purchasing decisions, menu changes, asset acquisitions, and waste reductions.
- Ran and managed payroll for for team members and partners, documentations, daily general ledger entries, sales tax filings, business negotiations, and data analytics.
PMO ANALYTICS MANAGER
PRINCIPLE GLOBAL
Knoxville, TN
09.2015 - Current
- Currently managing all operations and financial analysis and reporting for over a dozen Fortune 500 companies
- AT&T Mexico – Client and Internal analytics data management and reporting for re-branding 8,000+ sites. Office out of Mexico City.
- Cadillac USA – Full Rebranding initiative of 300+ Cadillac-branded dealerships across the country
- Truist – Merger of 4,500+ SunTrust and BB&T branches, offices, Branded Stadiums, and ATM's
- Created and managed 60 unique analytics and reporting tools for over 140+ internal users
- Boost Mobile – Analytics for supply chain & project management for over 4,500+ sites for re-branding
- Continuous Improvement Manager for data flow projects. Example: Saved a PMO team 6+ hours a week via report automation & business intelligence tools
SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION ANALYST
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC
Mooresville, NC
04.2014 - 12.2014
- Managed and supported internal supply chain channel flow optimization for Lowe's Home Fashions value stream
- Utilized self-made and company-issued Business Intelligence tools to optimize complex supply chains for a total value of $400 million in sitting inventory
- Focal person in cross-functional team for supply chain initiatives and channel programs to meet customer demands.
SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Asheville, NC
04.2012 - 04.2014
- Accountable for $5 Million in global service inventory and six medical equipment finished goods product lines supporting annual sales of $95+ Million
- Analyzed, planned, and purchased division's spare parts for internal & external customers via the use of external software applications, ERP/MRP, Excel, and Access
- Implemented best practice inventory planning via SIOP and statistical inventory sizing relative to demand and forecasting
- Data-driven methodologies led to on-time-shipping performance improvement from 79% to 96% for international shipping
- Planned and executed key Re-Order-Point (ROP) levels to set inventory management policies
- Tracked and reviewed gross and net sales of key SKUs including gross margins in producing forecasts and trend analysis on an on-going basis
- Executed improvement projects with Finance team resulting in annual savings of 100+ analyst hours
- Saved supply chain analytics 3 daily hours with the use of automated reporting infrastructure and Microsoft Excel/ VBA-programmed reports and dashboards to limit ad hoc analysis
INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS ANALYST
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Asheville, NC
04.2010 - 07.2012
- Accountable for international logistics segment of global transportation spend for the company's laboratory division
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with key, in order to manage $60 million in annual raw materials into Asheville, NC site, and over $950+ million in finished goods to global customers
- Acted as liaison with Strategic Sourcing to develop TCO, selections
- Total freight spend-to-sales ratio never exceeded 1.6%, the world-class metric for transportation spend
- Designed and create weekly, monthly, quarterly financial reports and budget forecasts on freight spend
- Championed and created department's first reports and metric dashboards for continuous improvement, saving 100 annual person-hours analytics person-hours with establishment of 3rd party billing provider
- Worked alongside Global Sourcing teams to create Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models and inventory planning policies – saving $500,000+ in unnecessary airfreight expenses in 2012 compared to 2011 spend.
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Asheville, NC
07.2008 - 04.2010
- Analyzed, planned, and executed lean operations and material flow initiatives using proven lean methodologies such as Value Stream Mapping, JIT, Six Sigma DMAIC, A3 Planning, Statistics, Kaizen, Kanban, and the company's Lean (PPI) business system
- Advised Director of Operations and site management on supply chain and process improvement opportunities, and coached over 180 team members on LEAN best practices to reduce wastes
- Responsible for majority of site's supply chain lean engineering to reduce waste and associated costs
- Created site's first Kanban information portal accessible to every computer to request Kanban signals, providing an annual savings of over 600 production person-hours
- Designed site's first Plan-for-Every-Part (PFEP) system that enabled visibility to 5,000+ active SKU's
- Generated 29% productivity improvement in site's flagship production line via various lean tools
- Used statistical methodologies and self-built models to size inventory across the manufacturing site to size Work-In-Process (WIP) inventory from several weeks' worth to 8 hours' worth or less, saving 39% on WIP financial value
- Reduced waste alongside Senior Process Engineers via operator Point-of-Use (POU) material presentation, 5S, and lean material delivery, slashing wasted motion and excess inventory.
Education
MBA - Supply Chain Management & Finance
University of Tennessee
08.2011 - 12.2012
BS - Logistics & Marketing / Operations
The University of Tennessee
08.2004 - 05.2008
Skills
Analytics & Reporting
undefinedSoftware
SQL
Tableau
Power BI
IBM Cognos
Timeline
MANAGING PRINCIPAL
Pour Taproom Knoxville
01.2017 - Current
PMO ANALYTICS MANAGER
PRINCIPLE GLOBAL
09.2015 - Current
SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION ANALYST
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC
04.2014 - 12.2014
SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
04.2012 - 04.2014
MBA - Supply Chain Management & Finance
University of Tennessee
08.2011 - 12.2012
INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS ANALYST
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
04.2010 - 07.2012
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
07.2008 - 04.2010
BS - Logistics & Marketing / Operations
The University of Tennessee
08.2004 - 05.2008
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